What I’m into (belated February edition)
So we are 10 days into February, but I never did write this month's "what I'm into" post, so here we go. I just finally started …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
The snowy day
We woke to a massive snowstorm this morning. It's the first major one of the winter, which has been relatively mild so far. It was …Read More
The Little Book of Hygge, toddlers, and relaxation
The Danish concept of "hygge" is having a moment. Much like the Norwegian "koselig," it is an elevated vision of coziness, which is key to enjoying …Read More
Weekly relationship priorities
In my TED talk (almost to 2 million views!), I suggest people make priority lists for the next week on Friday afternoons. I also suggest …Read More
Reading Virginia Woolf at a wrestling meet
I spent Saturday morning as I have many a wintry Saturday morning this year: driving to a wrestling meet in some new corner of Pennsylvania. …Read More
How to end an email (if you want a reply)
How do you end your emails? It turns out some closers are more likely to get a response than others. Boomerang, an email app that allows …Read More
Why time flies
As part of writing Off the Clock, I've been reading a lot of literature on time. Robert Grudin's Time and the Art of Living came …Read More
Forward motion in hurry-up-and-wait jobs
Some jobs operate on a predictable rhythm. Meetings and phone calls get scheduled in advance. You know roughly what the "hard landscape" of your day …Read More
Opening a new spreadsheet
I started tracking my time continuously in April of 2015. There was no one event that precipitated it. I'd had a baby in January, and …Read More
One way to enjoy winter
I spent this past weekend in Tremblant in Canada (about 90 minutes from Montreal). The older three children and I tagged along with my husband, …Read More